As for the rest of the Xbox event, there wasn't a whole lot of new info since E3. There's still no exact launch date for Movies On Demand, where you'll be able to stream or download at 1080p, but we will be getting it later this year simultaneously with the rest of the world.

They demoed the Sky TV channel announced for the UK, which allows you to watch all that content while in a Live party. Is something similar coming to Australia? Yes, but the Microsoft reps wouldn't say anything beyond that they're in negotiations now with various TV partners.

We also chatted briefly about Games On Demand and Microsoft did acknowledge they need to look at the prices for those titles. They admitted that the current $29.95 and $49.95 price brackets will probably be the "sweet spot" moving forward. We'll see.

Other than that, I verified that Halo 3: ODST and Forza 3 were looking as solid as they did at E3, opted to not check out the Lips: Number One Hits demo room (it was situated in the bathroom of the venue's swank penthouse and full of bubble bath), scoffed down a delicious chicken and tomato salsa roll and bailed.

Don't forget to leave your DJ Hero questions in the comments!

Comments

hero1 Guest

Aug 25, 2009, 3:13pm

How can they make a DJ video game and have such a small amount of quality hip hop tracks on the tracklist?

Played DJ Hero at trade show 3 wks back- very impressive. Even surprised myself by managing to play righty when I'm a lefty (Great flip mode btw). What DLC will there be at launch AND will there be a possibility of some limited user-based mixing rather than premix stuff so far? I can definitely see this franchise kicking off bigtime from the get-go.

Why did you decided to go with mash ups for the music, as opposed to straight up hiphop / techno / etc?

Will there be the ability to take two tracks from Guitar Hero World Tour (or any other source, really, but I realise haalf the anwer is the whole licensing mess they could get into with "user content") and mix them together mash up style?

Do you share the 1up guys concerns that DJ Hero is to hardcore for casual. They made the point that most people generally knew how to hold and 'use' a guitar but a turntable is an entirely different story and most peopel do not know how to use one.

they said on medium to be doing two to three things for one note was quite complex and the whole experience left them wondering how succesful it will be with teh casual audience.

Question for the guys is, you've announced a feature where people can plug Guitar Hero guitars into the system and play. How does this affect the game and how does a guitar fit into what is generally very trance-like music.

What was the reasoning behind adding the functionality of the guitar, expand the appeal to pre-existing users of the 'Hero' brand?

I heard that you'd be able to make use of Guitar Hero controllers in DJ Hero to play a song while the DJ mixed it. If this is true, does that mean DJ Hero tracks will be playable in Guitar Hero 5 via download like the tracks from Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica?
Also, if so, does this mean we will be able to do the reverse and play Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: Metallica and Guitar Hero 5 tracks in DJ Hero?

How did you conclude to use 3 buttons then the traditional 5 buttons of other DJ-ing Games (i.e Beatmania & Scratch)? Do you think 5 buttons will offer more depth in gameplay for DJ Hero or was 3 suffice?

Would DJ Hero allow you to adapt skills to become a 'professional' DJ? Could they be adapted from your controller? If so, then what are they?

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